Opinion: Education – what is the objective?
By Ranjit Hulugalle Each day we have numerous articles on what is wrong with the education system, arguing that children must be taught how to think, not what …
By Ranjit Hulugalle Each day we have numerous articles on what is wrong with the education system, arguing that children must be taught how to think, not what …
By Alexis Calla As savers and investors, most of us concern ourselves with the short-term. And these days, the short-term concerns have been keeping us quite …
By Lancelot Reports on Lanka Business Online indicate that Sri Lanka has decided to choose Light Rail Transit over a Monorail system, and that Japan has …
By Lancelot Being a Sri Lankan who has lived abroad, I have made several dozen trips to the Department of Immigration and Emigration over the past decade. I …
Jul 05, 2016 (LBO) – I long for a Sri Lanka where our animals enjoy the same freedom and protection from fear and harm as people do, and are respected and …
By Channa de Silva If a country is to achieve the vision of financial inclusivity, such is the case in Sri Lanka, establishment and adoption of electronic …
By Rajul Awasthi Tax administrations in developing countries are increasingly concerned about the persistent problem of loss of tax revenues to the shadow …
By Henry Blodget Over the past few decades, the US economy has undergone a profound change. This change has helped rich Americans get richer. But it has also …
By Arosha Jayasundera It is revealing to see how Sri Lanka fares in the global business sector. According to the World Competitiveness Index, Sri Lanka ranks …
By Steve Brice There is a growing perception that monetary policy is losing its power to solve the world’s economic problems. This may be misleading. What is …
By Dinesh Jebamani Evolution of Social media and growth in mobile internet has resulted in the need for marketing strategies to change. The images below shows …
By Chami Akmeemana and Evan Stubbs As the technology that creates a distributed ledger, blockchain is creating significant waves of disruption in …
By J. Lorenz May 16, 2016 (LBO)- During the 2005 -2015 period Sri Lanka’s privatisation programme came to a halt, and there was a wave of expansion in state …
By Arosha Jayasundera According to the Hakett Group, USA, there is a strong correlation between consistent use of business best practices and the ability to …
By Oxford Business Group Consistently ranked as a top global destination for business process outsourcing (BPO) and IT, Sri Lanka’s tech services industry …
By Arosha Jayasundera To be in a state of bliss is great, when you happily chug along at your own pace. But how long can it last? In the absence of benchmarks, …
By Zahran Sikkanther Lebbe Sri Lanka’s rapidly ageing population poses serious challenges on several fronts. Selected socio-economic challenges of this …
By Mithula Guganeshan The new tech buzz word, Internet of Things, is all about connecting data, people, machines and processes using sensors attached to …
By J. Lorenz March 24, 2016 (LBO) - Two common developing country problems are pollution and lack of power and power resources. As Sri Lankans we have learned …
By Subhashini Abeysinghe Apparel is the single most important export of Sri Lanka. With export earnings of US$ 4.7 billion, apparel accounted for 42% of total …